Life History

Notes

• Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917
  May D Gregory
  Birth 15 June 1871 King William, Virginia
  Father's Name Fendall Gregory
  Mother's Name Alice T
  
  The 1880 census reported Mae (spelled May here) with her widowed mother and her three sisters and an uncle, with several servants in the household.  Her older sister Maria Alice was reported here as Margret.
  
  1880 Federal Census, King William County, Virginia, 30 June, Aquiston Judicial District, District 40, page 59, Hse/Fam #537
  Gregory, Mary  W F 37 Keeping House VA VA VA
  Gregory, Margret [? Maria Alice] W M 12 Dau Single At Home VA VA VA
  Gregory, Bettie W M 12 Dau Single At Home VA VA VA
  Gregory, May D  W F 7 Dau Single At Home VA VA VA
  Gregory, Mary C  W M 5 Dau Single VA VA VA
  Turner, Oscar W M 19 Brother Single Farmer VA VA VA
  Garnett, Mary B F 25 Servant Single Cannot Read or Write VA VA VA
  Garnett, Richard B M 2 Son Single VA VA VA
  For (?), John W M 73 Servant Widowed Cannot Read or Write VA VA VA
  
  Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940
  May Dacre Gregory, Single Female
  Age 27 born (abt 1871) King William County
  Father Fendall Gregory, Mother Alice T Gregory
  James Blair Farrar, Widowed
  Age 29 born (abt 1869) Richmond City
  Father Samuel W Farrar, Mother F C Farrar
  Marriage 20 Jul 1898 Hanover County, Virginia
  
  Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
  Dacre Gregory Farrar
  Residence 301 N Sheppard St, Richmond, Virginia
  Female Widow
  Age 81
  Birth 15 June 1871 Virginia
  Father Fendall Gregory
  Mother Alice Hill Turner
  Informant Carter S Swift, 205 Duncan St, Ashland, Virginia
  Death 14 January 1953 Home for Confederate Women, Richmond, Virginia, USA
  Cause of Death Chronic Myocarditis
  Burial 16 January 1953 Hollywood Cemetery. Richmond, Virginia, L P Christian Funeral Home
  Filed 15 January 1953
  
  Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
  Betty Dew Swift [Betty Dew Gregory]
  Age 88
  Residence 709 S Center St, Ashland, Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia
  Birth Date 23 March 1868 King William County
  Father Fendall Gregory
  Mother Alice Turner
  Spouse Thomas Winder Swift
  Informant was Hospital Records
  Death 13 November 1956 Sheltering Arms Hospital, Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, stay of 5 days
  Cause of Death Cerebral Arteriosclerosis, Other Significant Condition Pernicious Anemia, Autopsy was Performed
  Burial 16 November Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia, by Christian Funeral Home, Richmond
  Certificate #26311 filed 15 November 1956
  
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  Mrs Dacre Gregory Farrar
  BIRTH 1873 King William County, Virginia, USA
  DEATH 14 Jan 1953 (aged 79-80) Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
  BURIAL Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, Section 26, Lot 133-H
  
  Mrs. Dacre G. Farrar's obituary appears in the Richmond Times Dispatch, Jan. 15, 1953, Page 9. She died Jan. 14 at the age of 81, at the Home for Confederate Women. The widow of Blair Farrar, she was born at 'Piping Tree,' King William County, where she spent her girlhood. She was survived by three sisters: Mrs. Alice Duvall, of Keswick; Mrs. Betty Dew Swift, of Richmond, and Mrs. Mary Cole Lyon, of St. Paul, Minn. Burial in Hollywood Cemetery.
  
  Died at age 81.
  
  Parents:
  Alice Turner Gregory unknown-1927
  
  Siblings:
  O Baylor Hill 1861-1948
  Betty Dew Gregory Swift 1868-1956
  
  Inscription:
  DAUGHTER OF FENDALL AND ALICE TURNER GREGORY. WIFE OF JAMES BLAIR FARRAR
  
  Date Of Burial 01/16/1953, Ref Cemetery Records
  
  Created by Graves 6 Jul 2012
  --  Find A Grave Memorial 93140191, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93140191
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Sources

• 1. Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940
• 2. Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917
• 3. Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
• 4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 5. 1880 Federal Census, King William County, Virginia
  • 30 June, Aquiston Judicial District, District 40, page 59, Hse/Fam #537